Marion's sister called yesterday. One of her company's trucks has passend away. A 2006 Ford Transit dti with a big and expensive problem with the injectors.As a coincidence, our plumber had a Opel Vivaro for sale. Gave him a Fall, an hour later the Transit was replaced.Today it was my turn to pull off the company markings Form the Transit :lol: Maybe it is still worth a few bucks.

Reminded me pulling off the advertising of the previous owner of Godzilla six years ago.

Kind regards,Ian

Sorry for my pigeonenglish.My doctor says I have to invest time in SPORT

Fixed another set of wobbly front wheel bearings on a friends Bighorn. Doing it so often I have made a tool to make it easier. Seeing as I have never really welded before I was rather chuffed that a) it held together and b) it worked a treat. Used stuff I found lying around college and an old hub bearing nut.

No more mucking around with hammers, screwdrivers and spring gauges to get it right.

Modifications: 2.5 the white1 none of my own as yet . but i like wat you lot are doin so gettin very tempted :). chrome bighorn D bar, body kit 2.0 1997 the gold1. chrome bull bar to be fitted along with tinted upper and lower rear light clusters, 255x75x15 on 5spoke early A alloys2.0 1997 green1. wrap round bull bars, side steps, 31x10.5x15 on trooper alloys

Today, I took care of GodZilla's sunroof. Cleared the ice, cleaned the seals from dirt and leaves. Then I gave the rubber a little massage with kind of grease.

The installed the DEFA heater again and ran it for two hours - all dry again.

Returned yesterday from a two week trip to the coast and found the windscreen wet in the inside. As the Alfa is knocked down at the moment (no loading pressure, running slow and noisy) and will return in a week or so by ADAC support to get repaired at home I will need the Frontera after I returned the rental car.Grünstreifen has no MOT at the moment and so I am running out of cars in a way... :axe:

Kind regards,Ian

Sorry for my pigeonenglish.My doctor says I have to invest time in SPORT

RatCav wrote:Fixed another set of wobbly front wheel bearings on a friends Bighorn. Doing it so often I have made a tool to make it easier. Seeing as I have never really welded before I was rather chuffed that a) it held together and b) it worked a treat. Used stuff I found lying around college and an old hub bearing nut.

No more mucking around with hammers, screwdrivers and spring gauges to get it right.

Good stuff Neal....I trust that was an imperial socket that sacrificed itself...LOL

Well it's been a while. Progress had stalled somewhat due to work and motivation.

So, new rear shocks fitted. Rough country N2.0.

All new fuel and brake lines on the rear, they had been an advisory for several years before being laid up so duly thought it was time to change them. Good job too, most of them cracked with slight wiggling.

Rear fuel tank guard chopped and rewelded to sit higher up in the chassis to suit the body lift I did about 8 years ago.

So as far as I can tell I only have left:Smallish hole in the nearside rear sill just before the wheel arch.Sticking relays in the alarm/immobilizer unit. Indicators come on randomly if the battery is reconnected for 20 minutes or so.Which leads me to... Does anyone know if there are batteries in the tectus alarm/immobilizer unit (under dash, behind glove boxheater control panel somewhere if memory serves) or if it just has relays that need changing?

Well - a few days ago I managed with a friend to sort out the exhaust of Grünstreifen (replaced by a new part) and to get some welding the rear part of the sides for passing it's MOT for the next two years.

This car works hard to get my personal award of the cheapest car ever competing with GodZilla. But to be honest it is difficult breaking something while standing around most of the time...

Kind regards,Ian

Sorry for my pigeonenglish.My doctor says I have to invest time in SPORT

Only have one niggle (technically 2) left. Nearside electric windows aren't working. I changed the lift controller and the switch as I had spares. Nope, not that so it's either the leccy windows themselves or a wiring issue.

Also stuck on an old set of road tyres for the mot as the knobbly ones on it has perished (5 years of not moving will do that to a tyre).

I'll get a new set of muds when I've had the wheels powder coated and have some spare cash.

Just need to get the 2 2.5 props cut and welded to make a 1 piece prop, it seems none of the one piece props from other models are long enough to fit a 2.2i.